I have had type 1 Diabetes for 13 years but have been really struggling with it for the past four or five, those being my college years. I'm making this blog because, to be honest, it can be a bit lonely to be diabetic. The only diabetics that I know are parents of my friends, and while their advice can be incredibly helpful at times it would be nice to commiserate with someone my age and who shares my lifestyle. I'm trying to let this wonderful world of the internet help me in this area. I'm realizing that there are a lot of diabetic blogs out there but I have yet to find one that discusses the topics that I want to talk about. Some of those would be:
- wtf can I eat on a college campus that won't send me into diabetic shock
- what to cook that's healthy, cheap, and requires very little culinary skills
- how much it sucks to be diabetic and have a f-ing period!
- how much it sucks to be diabetic and have a f-ing period and be tempted by a crepe truck on the way to class
- what to do when my blood sugar crashes in the middle of a final exam
- how to handle a breakup without gorging myself on ice cream
- when to tell a cute boy that I'm diabetic (I usually go for the first date, why beat around the bush?)
- how to have sex without pulling out the sensor for my Medtronic Guardian blood sugar monitor
- how demeaning it sounds that someone actually named a diabetic device "The Guardian"
- how to feel sexy when I have a million little baby bruises from my injections decorating my belly
- how to bolster that will-power when I'm drunk, it's 3am, my blood sugar is already 300, but I REALLY want a cheese steak
and most importantly: how to smile and be patient and kind with people when I feel like shit and there's no one who really understands
So we'll see where this blog goes, maybe it will help others or maybe it will just help me, either way seems worth it. I'll start with a helpful link that I found today, its "100 or so beers and their alcohol and carb content"
http://www.battlediabetes.com/beer-and-diabetes/
About Me
- Kristen
- Philadelphia, PA, United States
- This is a blog about my life as a Type 1 Diabetic. I was diagnose at age 9. I was on the Medtronic Insulin Pump for a solid decade but in the past two years have made the decision to go off of it in favor or humulog and lantus injections. Let it be noted that I am not a very good diabetic and actually sometimes I ignore that I am a diabetic all together...but for the most part I really do try my best. Above all else I hope that this blog is honest.
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